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Thierry Gouegnon / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Presidential Pressure
Gambia’s defeated president won’t step down, Obama bid farewell to the press, a global vaccine-research fund was launched, and more.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Postures and Policy
Betsy DeVos testified to the Senate, Trump's team considered health care in the U.S. and Africa, Theresa May outlined an exit plan, and more.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Insight and Oversight
Obama expanded surveillance powers, Trump allies pushed back on a government watchdog, TV took stock of current politics, and more.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Loose Ends and Legacy
The DoJ will investigate the FBI's pre-election actions, the Senate took the first steps toward repealing Obamacare, an antibiotic-resistant gene spread around the world, and more.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Passing the Presidential Mic
Trump addressed the press, Obama gave a final speech, Rex Tillerson’s confirmation hearing began, and more.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Change and Confirmation
The Senate began hearings for Trump’s Cabinet nominees, critics found gaps in New York’s free-college plan, NFL ratings suffered for lack of star power, and more.
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Paul Drinkwater / NBC / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Movies and Movements
Meryl Streep spoke out at the Golden Globes, the Senate rushed to schedule Trump nominees’ confirmation hearings, the former president of Iran died at 82, and more.
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Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: The Tangled Web
U.S. intelligence agencies released their report on Russian hacking, Treasury Department documents cast doubt on Steve Mnuchin’s record, archival projects preserved Obama’s social-media record, and more.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Daily: Hacking and Health Care
The Senate held a hearing on cybersecurity threats, Republicans launched the process of repealing Obamacare, the Trump administration posed concerns for trans Americans, and more.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Planetary Politics
GOP environmentalists hoped Trump would fight climate change, two credit-reporting firms were caught lying to consumers, the urban-rural divide increased around the world, and more.
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Murad Sezer / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Turning Points
ISIS claimed responsibility for the shooting at a Turkish nightclub, Congress gutted and revived the Office of Congressional Ethics, Trump’s transition team lagged behind schedule, and more.
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Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Actions and Reactions
Russia said it won’t expel American diplomats in retaliation for U.S. sanctions, President Obama added to his environmental legacy, 2016 drew to a close, and more.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Retaliatory Measures
The U.S. issued sanctions against Russia for alleged cyberattacks, fans remembered Debbie Reynolds, a new ceasefire was announced in Syria, and more.
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James Lawler Duggan / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Parting Words
John Kerry had some harsh words for Israel, Donald Trump claimed victory on a jobs outlook that may not last, scientists and civil-rights advocates braced for a conservative administration, and more.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Leia's Legacy
Fans remembered Carrie Fisher, Russia investigated the cause of a plane crash, scientists determined how to address President-elect Donald Trump’s climate change denial, and more.
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Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Ending Berlin's Manhunt
The search for the suspect behind the Berlin Christmas market attack ended in a shoot-out, the U.S. did not veto a United Nations resolution criticizing Israeli settlements, President-elect Donald Trump called for expanding U.S. nuclear capabilities, and more.
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Omar Sanadiki / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Assad's Aleppo
The Syrian government recaptured long-held rebel territory, President Obama made some end-of-term moves, the Berlin Christmas market reopened, and more.
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Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Manhunt in Berlin
The search for the suspect in Berlin’s Christmas market rampage continued, President Obama indefinitely protected parts of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans from offshore drilling, and more.
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Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters The Atlantic Daily: Terror at a Christmas Market
ISIS claimed responsibility for the deadly truck crash in Berlin, the Obama and Trump administrations offered differing responses to violent attacks overseas, an explosion at a Florida nylon factory caused a Reddi-wip shortage, and more.
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Burhan Ozbilici / AP The Atlantic Daily: An Assassination in Ankara
A Russian ambassador was killed in Ankara, electors cast their ballots for the next U.S. president, North Carolina began the process to repeal its controversial “bathroom bill,” and more.
